/usrmove?

[Miloslav Trmač]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
>> I really don't know why the REAL ACTIONS on this feature were started
>> that late in F17 release cycle - several months after branching.
>
> Because politics took so long.

Which part exactly?

* Half of July 2011! The feature page was created

* Sep 29: Marked as ReadyForWrangler
* Oct 27 (+~1 month!): First reviewed by Feature Wrangler
* Nov 07 (+11 days): Approved by wrangler, on agenda for FESCo
* Nov 21 (+14 days): After much discussion, feature approved

* Nov 14 (+7 weeks since feature proposed!, +7 days on FESCo agenda):
FESCo asked for FPC review
  (AFAICT, feature owners typically include FPC review in scope of
their features themselves)
* Nov 21 (+7 days): FPC review initiated by FESCo
* Dec 8 (+2.5 weeks): Final FPC approval, RPM changes requested

* Dec 15 (+2.5 months since feature proposed!, +3.5 weeks since
feature approval): ProvenPackager requested
* Jan 3 (+3 weeks): First ProvenPackager approved
* Jan 9 (+3.5 weeks): Second ProvenPackager approved

* sometime after Jan 15 (+5.5 weeks since FPC asked for RPM changes!):
rel-eng contacted
* Jan 27 (+ <=2 weeks): rel-eng brings objections to FESCo
* Feb 2 (+ 1 week): objections resolved

* Jan 24 (+2 months since feature approval! +7 weeks since FPC
approval! +13 days since second ProvenPackager): first feature-related
commits to Fedora git

I'll grant you that the politics took some time, sometimes more time
than would be desirable, but most of the multi-month delays are
directly attributable to not even giving the politics a chance to
start.
   Mirek